Fifty years ago, on this day, November 20, 1973, a researcher asked the question in the blog title. 1973 Is the west Antarctic ice sheet disintegrating? T Hughes, Journal of Geophysical Research. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JC078i033p07884 While there is no explicit mention of climate, it shows the ideas was around, and perhaps put the idea in Mercer’s head? […]